touch kitchen faucet

[Fritz]

may have to replace kitchen faucet.
anyone have a touch type?
any issues?

[raz]

When washing up (especially me while cooking) at the kitchen sink, I often have stuff on my hands I’d rather not come in contact with anything. So, I prefer a manual arm that I can activate by elbow.

[davemchine]

I have a Koehler touchless and it works very well. Reliable. Expensive.

[Fritz]

whats expensive? $200?

[NewtonMP2100]

....ask for permission, before touching.....

[pdq]

We had a Moen touchless faucet at our old house - couple hundred dollars in 2015, when we re-did the kitchen. (Looks like it’s gone up in price, or you’ll need to shop around for a deal now).



Visiting family were often perplexed (you can just use it like a regular faucet too- just use the handle, if you want, I said, which is true). It took some learning - you had to have the faucet pointed at you to work, but once we learned, I really liked it.

Now in our new (old) house, I find myself just putting my hands under the faucet to wash them, and being irritated when the water doesn’t go on.

PS- BTW, while Moen is not thought of as a top-end vendor, they are really, really good at support - like, call them, say I’ve got a 25-year-old Moen bath faucet, don’t know what model, and the handle broke, and they’ll say Send us a photo of the faucet, we’ll figure it out, and we’ll send you a new handle for the cost of shipping.

PPS - no batteries - power supply underneath the sink, plugged into the outlet that most folks have for disposals, dishwashers, and the like.

[Fritz]

we have no plug under as disposals are illegal here.

I'm looking at a Delta which seems to go up $50 every time I click it.

[davemchine]

I think the Koehler was around $800 when we installed in 2017 but the price is currently $936 at Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Kohler-K-29709-SN...YNXWYMOOLH&keywords=kohler+touchless+faucet&qid=1677338535&sprefix=koehler+touchless+fauce%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-7

[Fritz]

I think my luddite spousal unit would shoot me at $900.
Even $300 might blow her mind.
She was the last of her friends to get a smart phone and refuses to put any, even helpful apps on it.
Fortunately, she doesn't wear a tinfoil hat.
She was "teaching" me about 5G just the other day, because I teach her about horses, turtles & fish. NOT!
I was shocked she got in the rented EV with me.

[Lux Interior]

I have had that same Moen since 2012.

Works great. Mine works with 6 AA batteries and they last a long time.